THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 223, 21 August 1914, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" M> nothing r.rlnumU\ nor set down <mailt in malice

To secure destruction of hawks the Waiuku Rod and (Jun Club is now paying -id per head. Not irly do hawks despoil the sportsmen's game preserve?, bit tiry di a lot nf damage am 'ng young lambs.

"Help the War Fuml ' was a prominent inscription on tin? ■'Times" fires, at the Pukekohe lviigby Foot Im ' 1 I Dion's dance last night. The wearer, Miss E. Maxwell, supported the appeal by a personal application, and, as a result of her olio;ts, the Patriotic War Fund wi'l be augmented bv II ">s -'Jd.

The post oftice advises that there w!H be no despatch of San Francisco or Vancouver mads next 'ia:o-table dates. It is probab'e t lie despatches wi 11 he mado a few days later, but uo assurance can b? given about th : s. As soon as arrangements can be completed the most ample notice possible will be given. A record short sitting was held in the Magistrate's Court, Pukekohe, ou Thui'sd iv, occupiel 1| minutes. L. Walsh v. Wiight and Sons was a case in which judgm nt was given for lis, costs only. Mr Haddow appeared for plaintilt. One case was adjourned, another paid into emit, and a third confessed. This was fjuito a change from ti.e congestion which usually takes place at this court.

Mr J. W. lilackman, consulting gas engineer, was in Pukekohe on Tu sday and Wednesday at.d made an •examination of the borough with a vie-v to finnuliting his report upon thj istablishment of a coal gasworks f r Pukekoh-j. lhe Town Clerk and the waterworks engineer furnished him with ell recessary iformation. Mr Ulackmun thin provided to Auckland.

Tex:a was an attor.ihnca of about LM at the Borough Council chambers on Tuesday afternoj;, at a meeting cjiiveiiid by Dr Wake to consul;r the ijuestiuu of fo;niing a li:st ail class. Alter Pr Wake bad explained he suggestion and the courss to be followed it wr.s deci led to form a chss, which will m:€t each 'ihursday und:r the St John's Ambulance Society. Mr 31. Motion is secretary pro t.-m. There are now r.bout tf?enty-!iv3 rr.ccbcrs enrolled.

The ar.nu.l examination in pra'ica! work c inducted by the Lioatd of Music for Trinity College, L'-'iiiion, took place in Auckland from 2'Jth July to t! e 3rd August, Mr Herny St Ge;rge being the examine". Amrngs'. the successful cancidat s were:—Senior division' M i;s Lucy McGahan, 62; Misa Mary Frances Cowlriek, GO. Junior division: Miss Doreeri Hamlin, 71; Miss Muriel Adams, 64; Miss Murul E. Livvri', 62; Miss Eileen tiiodin, 62.

At hst week's Farmers' C 1333 the following subjects were dealt with:— 1, Finished lime and liming; 2. worked out unit vrlu:s cf fertilisers at present iiurk.t prices Ur.it values cn-.bl: cne t) compare the prices cf the ssme ingredients in different manures, e.g., i itrogen in nit-ate cf sjda and eulphr-te am.ror.ia. and are a preat help in buying the ingredients in the cheapest fui'in ar.d a?se:sii ?; tha value of special mix ures sold to g.owers. Several simple tests were cjiried out will 1 me, sulphite ammonia, kair.it, super, and basic super. The scope c.f the farmer is here very limitei owing to war.t of appaiatus. Manures, which represent tha dc-

mand made by van ih crops, were discusseJ. These represent average nuniiiis for average aoils and would in many cases undergo changes made bv the grower on obsuvatiun and trial.